Over here in Japan it was, "Yes, it's not bad now, but give it two weeks and you'll see the explosion of exponential growth." Repeated every two weeks for six months. For six months now Japan has held to a steady 3-4 very old people dying each day (with a tiny number of outliers). Altogether, far, far below the number who die each and every day from pneumonia and influenza-related illness.
Have the early doomsayers changed their stance in the slightest? Of course not, they just double down on the histrionics, switch the goal posts as often as possible, and keep on spreading fear over what might happen if we all become 'complacent'.
Over here in Japan it was, "Yes, it's not bad now, but give it two weeks and you'll see the explosion of exponential growth." Repeated every two weeks for six months. For six months now Japan has held to a steady 3-4 very old people dying each day (with a tiny number of outliers). Altogether, far, far below the number who die each and every day from pneumonia and influenza-related illness.
Have the early doomsayers changed their stance in the slightest? Of course not, they just double down on the histrionics, switch the goal posts as often as possible, and keep on spreading fear over what might happen if we all become 'complacent'.